The Tomorrow Project
A powerful work of speculative fiction for fans of Station Eleven and The End We Start From.
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Publisher Description
The unmissable new speculative novel for fans of Station Eleven, The End We Start From and The Last of Us.
When the end comes, what will you wish you had done?
In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.
Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn't realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive.
As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city. In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything.
Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.
An utterly compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience and the lengths we will go to for love. The Tomorrow Project is the stunning first novel from H Critchlow.
Praise for The Tomorrow Project
'Powerful and disturbing' Harriet Tyce
'Thrilling, heartbreaking, tense... I was immediately and incessantly caught up in it' James Delargy
'Dark, vivid and beautifully written, The Tomorrow Project is a poignant, immersive novel about a future that spools out in terrifying clarity. It's also a novel about bravery and hope - and it will make you cry' Rachel Wolf
'A fresh, original novel with characters who linger and a propulsive plot. I inhaled it in twenty-four hours. Genuinely unputdownable' Niki Mackay
'Critchlow has the ability to observe humanity at its worst and heart-rending best. A worthy addition to the end-times dystopian canon' Jo Furniss
'A heady mix of heartache and hope, love and loss, in a world that's splitting at the seams... I couldn't come up for air till I turned the last page' Robert Rutherford
'A terrifying glimpse into a possible world' Sarah Moorhead
'Masterful. A beautifully written parable of hope, love and humanity, it will live with me for a very long time' Rob Parker
'A heartbreaking, vividly imagined tale of love and survival at the end of the world... a triumph of storytelling' Clare Leslie Hall
'A deeply moving and beautifully written novel about loss and hope with a propulsive plot that will keep you turning the pages' Victoria Selman
'A haunting and powerful read' Woman's Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A braided account of the apocalypse, this heartbreaking near-future thriller from Critchlow (Unsolved, written as Heather Critchlow) follows three protagonists as they struggle with the end and the beginning of civilization. In 2050, a deadly virus is sweeping the U.K. Marianne, press secretary to the prime minister, goes against her own government's policy by smuggling unapproved children aboard the evacuation trains in hopes of saving their lives. Single mother Sofie, who dreams of escaping back to France, surrenders her seven-year-old daughter, Maia, to Marianne to get her out of plague-overrun London. Missing her maman, Maia makes the unsanctioned journey to the rural evacuation camp and tries to blend in with the officially selected children. Years later, when camp resources begin to run out, Maia sets out for London determined to discover what happened to Sofie. Readers will find it easy to root for Maia in this quest, but even her success may come with a price. Critchlow keeps the worldbuilding fairly loose, eliding some technical details of life at the evacuation camp, but she sharply examines the ways people in and out of power react to a world-shattering crisis. This brisk adventure offers both excitement and food for thought.
